Spotlight (British Columbia) @7585
Spotlight is known as a female from the Marine Education and Research Society Humpback Whale Catalog. Mother of Shooting Star (2020), seen with 2022 calf and 2024 calf on Jul 4th, 2024 in British Columbia according to Justine Charollais.
Salish Sea · North Pacific
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Sightings
16
Years
5
Crossings
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Season Trends
DeepEffort across the feeding and breeding grounds, year over year.
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Decade Veteran
Crossed the Gulf
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Pods
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Recent activity
Au'au Channel · Mar 2026 Mar 8, 2026 · Au'au Channel 36 m deepest· 1:39 longest Salish Sea · Jul 2025–Oct 2025 Oct 5, 2025 · Salish Sea — deepest Salish Sea · Jul 2024–Aug 2024 Aug 19, 2024 · Salish Sea — deepest Au'au Channel · Mar 2024 Mar 10, 2024 · Au'au Channel — deepest
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